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mammogram Definition

mam·mo·gram (mamə gram′)

noun

an X-ray obtained by mammography

mammogram Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • have: Of these 8 women with breast cancer, 7 will have a positive mammogram.
  • get: She does, however, think a woman my age should get a mammogram every two years.
  • read: Medical Teams Radiologists read the mammograms to identify possible cancers.
  • offer: Screening Depending on your age, you may be offered a mammogram.
  • include: Where necessary, treatments that include mammograms, cervical smears, hormone tests, bone density scans, are available.
  • donate: The number of people visiting the site directly affects the number of mammograms donated.

Adjective modifier

  • yearly: Yearly mammograms for women over 50 years of age.
  • routine: This will be aimed at women who are receiving their last routine mammogram within the NHS Breast Screening Program.
  • regular: Being breast aware and having regular mammograms will not prevent you from developing breast cancer.
  • positive: Of these 8 women with breast cancer, 7 will have a positive mammogram.
  • digital: In the medical field for example, different hospitals hold millions of digital mammograms, which could be put into a digital format.
  • further: Frequently the examination and the further mammograms show that the initial abnormalities are harmless.

Modifies a noun

  • machine: Proceeds to be divided between Air Ambulance and ATAC - Action Taken Against Cancer - for digital mammogram machine, Warwick Hospital.
  • screening: So a breast cancer that develops in the 3 years between mammogram screening would be called an interval cancer.
  • image: The effect of this process will be as if mammogram images were all produced on one machine at a single site.

Noun used with modifier

  • screening: Subjects were 125 women over the age of 50 undergoing screening mammograms.

Preposition: in

  • exchange: The corporate sponsors use the number of daily visits to donate a certain number of mammograms in exchange for advertising.

Preposition: for

  • woman: Yearly mammograms for women over 50 years of age.

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